12.4.502: TEMPORARY SERVICE; PERMITS, CHARGES FOR:
A. Utilities may issue permits for temporary water service to supply water for use in connection with the construction, alteration or repair of buildings or other similar activities requiring temporary water service. Any person desiring the service shall make written application to the Utilities for issuance of a permit.
B. Temporary water service furnished by Utilities pursuant to the permit shall be metered to measure the amount of water consumed unless the Chief Executive Officer determines that the amount may be otherwise adequately determined. The water meter either shall be furnished by Utilities and shall be returned to Utilities upon termination of service, or shall be furnished by the permit holder and shall be subject to inspection and testing by Utilities.
C. Persons furnished temporary water service pursuant to an issued permit shall pay all charges and costs incidental to the service and shall pay user charges for the amount of water consumed in amounts as set forth in the water tariffs, and shall comply with all conditions of the permit, including a deposit.
D. It shall be unlawful for any person issued a permit for temporary water service to take water from the water supply system except as authorized by the permit.
E. As a condition of granting probation, deferred prosecution, deferred sentence or suspended sentence, the court may order any person who is charged with or found guilty of, as the case may be, a violation of any provision of this section, to pay restitution estimated user charges for the water taken, the cost of repairing or replacing any damaged utility equipment, any other cost incurred by Utilities or the City related to the violation including, but not limited to, costs of investigation. (Ord. 98-173; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 18-42)
